Incised

adj, verb

adj, verb ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of incise form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    cut, particularly with a V shape
Adjective
  1. 1
    cut or impressed into a surface wordnet
  2. 2
    cut into with a sharp instrument wordnet
  3. 3
    sharply and deeply indented wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
cutinscribedbattlementedcanaliculatecanaliculatedcarved

Example

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"There are cases on record where rapidly growing sarcomatous and angiomatous tumours, aneurysms, and the bruises that occur in haemophylics, have been mistaken for acute abscesses and incised, with disastrous results."

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